Flowers In The Attic

UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT


FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC
BY V.C. ANDREWS


Presented by:
SILVANA JUDITH CHAVEZ JIMENEZ
8-485-718
Seminar II


In Partial fulfillment of the requirements
to obtain the Bachelor's Degree of Arts
with a Specialization in English.



JULY 2010




DEDICATION

TO GOD

I would also like to dedicate this paper tomy grandmother’s memory, because she wanted to see me in one of the most important moments of my life, my graduation. But God wanted something different. I also dedicate this paper to my parents and closer friends










ACKNOWLEDGMENT

To Professor Glorita Riquelme, recognizing her effort to perform this project and to all those people who have been with me along the way,especially my parents, I love all of you.
















THEMES IN THE NOVEL FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC
BY VIRGINIA ANDREWS
Dedication
Acknowledgment
Table of Contents
Introduction
Plot

Types of Love
Family Love
Brotherly Love
Man and Woman relationship
The Theme of Alienation and Despair
Alienation of Affection
Mental Alienation
Parental AlienationSyndrome
The Theme of Knowledge and Power
Domination and Submission
Persuasion and Moral Persuasion
Financial Influence – Coercive Power

Conclusion
Bibliography

INTRODUCTION

This paper analyzes the life of a family who has a secret past and how this secret is brought to the present, affecting the lives of four innocent children. This secret punishes them and makes themcommit the same sin of their parents.
Silvana, in the introduction, you should describe in different paragraphs what the paper is going to be about; for example:

In the first chapter of this paper we are going to discover the different types of love within thisfamily……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

In the second chapter we are going to describe the theme of alienation and despair which is …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Finally, our third chapter is going to deal with the theme of knowledge and power which ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………





Plot of the Novel Flowers in the Attic written by V.C. Andrews


In this novel, everything starts with a normal and classic “American middle class family”. The story is narrated by one member of thisfamily, Cathy Dollanganger; when she starts telling us her family story, she is twelve years old. She starts remembering her father and the “perfect life” they have; describing all the members of her family, she starts with her father named Christopher: a 33 year old man, tall, strong, with blue eyes and blond hair, with a big love for his family; her mother named Corrine, also a beautiful 28year old woman, with long blond hair, blue eyes, and a lovely sight every time she sees her husband. She describes also her older brother named Christopher Jr.; he is just like his father, and at last she describes the twins Cory and Carry both of them with blond hair…just like their parents.


The first chapter begins with the tragic death of the father in a car accident the day of hisbirthday, and Corrinne organizes a surprise party to her husband, but he never shows up. After a couple of hours, the police appear in the house with the bad news, and Corrinne is in shock, and the guests leave the family alone with their loss.


After a couple of weeks, the bills are hard to pay and in this moment, the children’s nightmare begins, just because Corrinne starts to writeletters to her mother in order to accept her and her family so they could live with her. Some weeks later, Corrinne receives a letter from her...